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Acts 20

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1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left for Macedonia.

2 When he had gone through those regions and had given the believers much encouragement, he came to Greece,

3 where he stayed for three months. He was about to set sail for Syria when a plot was made against him by the Jews, and so he decided to return through Macedonia.

4 He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, by Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, by Gaius from Derbe, and by Timothy, as well as by Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

5 They went ahead and were waiting for us in Troas;

6 but we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight.

8 There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were meeting.

9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead.

10 But Paul went down, and bending over him took him in his arms, and said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."

11 Then Paul went upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; then he left.

12 Meanwhile they had taken the boy away alive and were not a little comforted.

13 We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for he had made this arrangement, intending to go by land himself.

14 When he met us in Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.

15 We sailed from there, and on the following day we arrived opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos, and the day after that we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

17 From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him.

18 When they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, enduring the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

20 I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

21 as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

22 And now, as a captive to the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

24 But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

25 "And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.

26 Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,

27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

28 Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

29 I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them.

31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.

32 And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.

33 I coveted no one's silver or gold or clothing.

34 You know for yourselves that I worked with my own hands to support myself and my companions.

35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "

36 When he had finished speaking, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

37 There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

38 grieving especially because of what he had said, that they would not see him again. Then they brought him to the ship.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

3 And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

6 And we went away from Philippi by ship after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; and we were there for seven days.

7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

10 And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

12 And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.

13 But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.

14 And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

15 And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

20 And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

26 And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

27 For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

33 I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.